ISABEL POV

I stayed indoors for the rest of the day, and even throughout the next day. I did not want to step out of the room. I could not face the people in Tarrenhall, where the Castle of Serenity was situated. They had all gathered and watched Theodrin humiliate me.

It had been too much to take in, I had ended up begging her to have mercy but my pleading only spurred her on. Seeing me reduced to begging excited her a great deal even though it made me fume. Why did Alpha Xavier give her charge over me, knowing we were in an unspoken rivalry.

Theodrin had me...